Homebrew has released BrewUI, its first official graphical user interface, as an open-source project licensed under AGPL-3.0. Built with Swift 6.0 and SwiftUI, it runs on macOS Tahoe 26 and later and is installed via a single command: brew install --cask homebrew-app. The project is under active development with over 1,000 commits and 279 stars at launch. BrewUI aims to make package management accessible to users who prefer graphical interfaces while maintaining complete transparency about what the underlying brew commands do — the interface never hides Homebrew operations. Development uses a SwiftFormat + SwiftLint pipeline with git hooks that enforce code quality on every commit, and the repository includes unit tests, UI tests, and an end-to-end test plan. The project includes a local dev bootstrap (./scripts/bootstrap) that installs Mint, runs linting tools, and resolves Swift package dependencies. It is the first time the Homebrew project — which has been a CLI-only tool since 2009 — has offered an official GUI.

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